continuing. we've just heard the crackle of gunfire down the road obscured by the hill. we've seen plumes of smoke all around the area. the iraqi army said they've moved into some villages that seems to be a consistent advance. yesterday we ourselves stood there as peshmerga chased down an isis suicide bomber who blew himself up. adding to the bid to try to keep civilians away from harm, the iraqi military said they've dropped 17 million leaflets recently. staggering number. the leaflets suggest they should assist the iraqi military and offer safe passage. it's hard to see how it can be secured. 1.2 million people caught in the cross fire, potentially as human shields. some of them, too, feel perhaps a sense of fear or about the iraqi military coming in. many are sunni from the sunni ethnic sector in iraq. they have the shia iranian